My Thanks Tonight

*Josh got his first real soccer trophy today! He got a mini-trophy last year for Smart Start, but this was his first for really playing. He is SO proud!

*Got to talk with Rob twice today. He's not in his 'normal' location, so he can call a bit easier.

*Spouse Appreciation Night for the 19th Engineer Battalion tonight. Fun with a lot of fun ladies! We Sumo-wrestled, we line-danced, we beat each other up (learning self-defense) and ate. Great :-)

*Had a Derby race at the Night too... we didn't win, but I got the horse finished with a little bit of time to spare! It's a shovel with a dumptruck on top and a seahorse in the bucket!

*The kids sing along with Camp Rock and Miley Cyrus's new CD -- I really love to hear them sing

*The kids watched The Goonies tonight. Though they were scared in parts, they all really liked it!

Thursday's Thanks

* Popcorn day at the kids' school. I really love going and being a worker bee at the school. I like that the teachers all see me AT LEAST once a week -- and the kids wave to me from the hall :-)



* Grey's and Private Practice tonight -- AND Survivor too!!



* Girls had cheerleading pictures tonight before their game. Don't think Faith felt too great, but she made it through the whole game before melting down.



* Got Sam some Lactaid brand milk today. I have been debating getting it for him, but the commissary only had the low fat and skim. Today they had the whole... bingo! He tried it and seemed to like it... let's hope that his tummy likes it through the night!



* Chocolate Chip Pizza :-)



* Today was the kids' last day of school before Fall Break. We get 10 days of nothing... well, we have a few things planned, but on the whole... nothing!

* Another day down towards getting back to NC for a little while. I can't wait! I wish I could take off tomorrow... but Josh has a soccer game Saturday morning and half the team is already not going to be there. I will be very upset if the other team doesn't have enough and it is a forfeit anyway!

Thankfuls

*Faith went to her first Daisy Scout meeting yesterday and had a BLAST! Be ready, folks... we're going to be hitting you up to buy some cookies soon!


*I had coffee this morning with a friend with all kids in daycare or school! We both are moms to 4, so I think we were both just so thankful to be without any even if for only an hour :-)


*Finally finished cutting out pumpkins and moons for Josh's Pre-K class. There were SO many... I think I will be dreaming of pumpkins tonight


*Grace's school had 2nd Grade night tonight. Their school doesn't do routing conferences except at midyear (unless there is a problem). So... the teachers decided that it was important for the parents to see what happens in the classroom. So, the kids brought us in and had an agenda that they had to go through with us. So fun! Grace dragged me all over that room :-) They did a play that was super cute.



*A great friend agreed to watch the little three so I could take Grace to her night at school and concentrate on HER


*G's teacher said she's doing very well! She said her (the teacher's) biggest challenge is keeping her occupied. Everything comes so easily that she gets done and then gets bored ... and talkative. I guess there are are a few similarities in us :-)


*Glee tonight :-)


*Grace had her first school project this week. A diorama of a Great White shark's habitat. I really had to struggle to NOT do it for her. Pretty cute, huh? The only things that I did were suspend him and help with the glue. Well... I helped with shaping him, but only a little (he is clay on top of a pool toy and the clay was REALLY hard). I started with the shaping just to show Grace a technique to doing it :-) She used some of my craft supplies to make seaweed (see the green string) and drew her own fish -- this was hard for me...



*we went to Burger King for dinner because of the school thing... it was at an awkward time to eat before and then it would have taken too long to make something (I know, I know... excuses). Anyway, Sam likes ketchup :-) Lots and lots of ketchup. French fries are optional... as long as the ketchup keeps coming!

Monday's Thanks

So... I'm tired... these will be brief tonight :-)

1) had a meeting this morning that only lasted 30 minutes... I thought it was going to last MUCH longer

2) our dishwasher got fixed today. It no longer falls out when it is open :-)

3) the girls were supposed to have their cheerleading pictures taken this afternoon. It was a VERY windy day and so it was postponed until Thursday! We already have a game on Thursday, so now they don't have to dress twice!

4) snuggled with Josh during naptime today

5) got somebody to watch my little 3 while I take G to her 2nd Grade parents' night. I didn't realize until late last night that the notice said to leave siblings at home... oops.

Sunday's Thanks

1- I didn't have to set an alarm for this morning :-) Got to wake up all on my own... well, when the kids got up... but it is better than the alarm. The good thing is that we still had time to make it to church!

2- Though I am not glad that Sam isn't feeling well, I *am* glad that I realized I was out of Infants' Tylenol BEFORE the commissary closed this afternoon. And while there, I remembered we were out of bread AND peanut butter! What would I have done in the morning?!?

3- Amazing Race started tonight. I really do think Rob and I would ROCK at that show (or kill each other... there are times I am not sure which would happen)


4- Grace found the missing television remote tonight -- seems small but the cable box was set on Sprout. There's only so much Caillou this mama can take!


5- LOVE this song...

6- fall is in the air! The high tomorrow?!? 69 degrees. Nice. Talk of pumpkin patches and apple picking has started :-)


7- I am semi obsessed with my phone -- there are SO many cool freebies... like ringtones. I set a new ringtone for Analee. listen here

8- and the best of the night? Both girls fell asleep on my shoulders tonight while I was reading to them. Sometimes it helps me remember that they are little girls :-) I put them in the bed and had Josh climb into my lap for his turn. So, I read him to sleep too.

Random Thoughts...

**quite picture heavy**

So... I forget to blog. I think it is because Facebook is quicker. I update there and put pictures up and just assume everybody will see things there. It doesn't quite fill the space though--- I still have moments of wanting to write something. By the time I get to the computer, check email and skype (to see if Rob is online), I forget what I wanted to write about!

What to do... what to do?

I am going to try HARD to get back to my nightly thankfuls. I'll start tonight --

1) I felt like poopy last night ... and today I feel better :-) Not back to 100%, but a good 70%!

2) Took the kids to a new park today down in Elizabethtown. A friend told me about it and I tried to find it before, but couldn't find it. Today, I took the chance and went INTO the American Legion Park and VOILA... there it was! In the back of the AL Park :-)

(for those of you who would recognize, that is the SAME JSU shirt that we got for Grace 6-1/2 years ago for her first game -- all four have worn it)

3) Domino's for dinner. Like I said... haven't felt the best and didn't want to cook dinner. Can't beat their 3 for $15. That will feed us again for lunch tomorrow!

4) NCSU rocked the house today! Though, from what I can gather, it was a bit of a nail biter for a little bit :-)

5) Movie night with the kids tonight. And it stormed outside while we were cuddled up watching the movie. Very nice. Glad we had no plans tonight! My kids love Scooby-Doo ... and so do I :-)

6) Josh did well in another soccer game. His team was SO much better than the other team that his coach tried to make them NOT make goals... very confusing for 3-4 year olds. But Josh was #1 in assists today. He would take the ball TO the goal... then stop. Another of his teammates, that hardly ever get their foot on the ball, then kicked it in to score. I think Josh realized today that he is on a team... and others like to score too. And he really liked being a part of the scoring (assisting). I don't have any doubt, though, that he will get back to aggressive when the other team is also aggressive...

Here is Josh setting the ball up for a score:

And here is Natasha making the GOAL!!

7) I upgraded my poor cell phone. I was very hesitant... but I *love* my new one :-) So far, anyway...

1st Cheerleading Game